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Who Drafts The New Constitution: A Popular Assembly or the National Congress?

Authors

  • Sofía Correa Sutil Universidad de Chile
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Abstract

Given Chilean constitutional history, the article argues against a popular assembly to draft a new constitution. Instead, it favours representative democracy and proposes that constitutional change be channelled through the National Congress.

Keywords:

Constituent Assembly , Chilean constitutional history , 1925 Constituent Commission , constitutional reforms , National Congress